A ghost estate and an empty grave: ‘I don’t think Northern Ireland was worth one life’The O’Dowds moved South after three of the family were murdered but some wounds never healSat Jan 01 2022 - 06:00
Books to look out for in 2022: It’s going to be a bumper yearTwelve months of new titles from Ireland and abroad, with something for everyone in the audienceSat Jan 01 2022 - 06:00
Accolades for late poet Thomas Kinsella over ‘excellence that did not know borders’Kinsella belonged to great tradition of Irish writers who doubled as public servantsThu Dec 23 2021 - 01:17
Thomas Kinsella: President Higgins and fellow writers pay tribute to a great poet‘His death is like the disappearance of a great house, a Malton-like edifice fallen away’Wed Dec 22 2021 - 19:45
Read all about it: Ireland’s best-selling books of 2021The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy takes top spot for second yearWed Dec 22 2021 - 13:00
Niall Bourke wins McLaverty award; Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair winners revealedA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Dec 16 2021 - 13:43
Colm Tóibín wins David Cohen Prize for Literature 2021Previous winners of £40,000 award for a lifetime’s work have gone on to win NobelMon Dec 13 2021 - 20:30
The Books Quiz: Who is Cal’s lover in Bernard MacLaverty’s Troubles novel?A query featuring the 10 writers shortlisted for Belfast Linen Hall’s ‘Book of the Century’Sun Dec 12 2021 - 06:00
The Irish Times books of the year: Writers and critics pick their favourites of 2021Seeking inspiration for a book to read or give as a gift? Leading authors are here to helpSun Dec 12 2021 - 05:42
An Post Irish Book of the Year 2021: Fintan O’Toole’s personal history of Ireland wins awardWe Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958 ‘a book for the ages’Wed Dec 08 2021 - 23:35
John Boyne signs TV deal for The Echo Chamber; Lisa Harding is TV pick in USA preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsWed Dec 08 2021 - 17:44
The Books Quiz: What is the warm setting of Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale?A cold quiz for when the nights grow longer and Old Man Winter closes inSun Dec 05 2021 - 06:00
Arne Weingart wins Moth Nature Writing Prize; McCartney wins Waterstones prizeA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Dec 02 2021 - 10:22
The Books Quiz: Brian McGilloway’s Benedict Devlin belongs to which force?Plus: Which future author was up for a part in the BBC’s How Many Miles to Babylon?Sun Nov 28 2021 - 06:00
Victoria Kennefick on Costa Award shortlist; Joanne McNally deal; Moth Arts Prize winnerA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Nov 25 2021 - 15:17
An Post Irish Book Awards 2021: Winners include Fintan O’Toole, Sally Rooney and Aisling authorsSally Rooney has won the Novel of the Year prize for the second timeTue Nov 23 2021 - 19:00
The Books Quiz: a Father Ted SpecialCraggy Island is the Irish literary equivalent of Bloomsbury. Who’s afraid of Fr Jack?Sun Nov 21 2021 - 06:00
Major book deal for Michael Nolan; Patrick Radden Keefe wins Baillie Gifford PrizeA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Nov 18 2021 - 10:52
The Books Quiz: Who created The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries?Plus: Where are the stories in Thomas Morris’s We Don’t Know What We’re Doing set?Sun Nov 14 2021 - 06:24
Faber to publish authorised biography of John McGahern by Frank ShovlinA preview of Saturday’s pages and round-up of the latest literary newsThu Nov 11 2021 - 10:58
The Books Quiz: Whose novel is named after The Beatles’ Norwegian Wood?Plus: Novelist Patrick McCabe once played keyboards with which showband?Sun Nov 07 2021 - 06:00
Dublin Book Festival line-up; Wicklow Women; Polari winners; Buy the BookA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Nov 04 2021 - 12:43
Booker Prize 2021: Damon Galgut wins with The PromiseSouth African wins after third shortlisting with novel about betrayal in his homelandWed Nov 03 2021 - 20:12
The Books Quiz: Poet Brendan Kennelly hailed from which Kerry town?Plus: Which Nuala O’Connor novel will be 2022’s Dublin’s One City One Book?Sun Oct 24 2021 - 06:00
Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie: a thrilling readPrimal Scream frontman’s riveting account of how a Glasgow boy created a soundtrack of a generationSat Oct 23 2021 - 06:00
Nora by Nuala O’Connor chosen for One Dublin One Book 2022A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Oct 21 2021 - 18:23
Alice Ryan, daughter of Caroline Walsh, to publish debut novelThere’s Been a Little Incident is poignant examination of griefThu Oct 21 2021 - 00:01
‘I think of you, Brendan, in hushed Dublin streets.’ A poem for Brendan Kennelly by Joseph O’ConnorPoets, professors and publishers pay tribute to Brendan Kennelly, beloved writer and friendMon Oct 18 2021 - 13:50
The Books Quiz: Whose writings inspired The Wind That Shakes the Barley?Plus: Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea is a postcolonial/feminist prequel to...?Sun Oct 17 2021 - 06:00
Caroline O’Donoghue celebrates a new six-figure deal; World Book Day as GaeilgeA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsWed Oct 13 2021 - 13:03
Sally Rooney blocks Israeli edition of her new novel in support of Palestinian-led boycottAuthor accuses Israel of apartheid policy but says she hopes to see a Hebrew translationTue Oct 12 2021 - 12:59
The Books Quiz: What was the stage version of The Dalkey Archive called?Plus: What Irish town is John Healy’s No One Shouted Stop about?Sun Oct 10 2021 - 06:00
David Butler wins Kiely story prize; Emilie Pine and Audrey Magee novels in 2022A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Oct 08 2021 - 13:19
Keith Ridgway and Claire-Louise Bennett on Goldsmiths Prize 2021 shortlistTwo debuts and a second shortlisting in three years in running for £10,000 prizeWed Oct 06 2021 - 20:30
The Books Quiz: ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past’: which Faulkner novel?Also: Spot the literary fiction prize that Sally Rooney has not yet wonSun Oct 03 2021 - 06:00
Faber to publish Ronan McGreevy book on assassination of Sir Henry WilsonA round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s book pagesThu Sept 30 2021 - 11:36
The Books Quiz: The Commitments was published by which imprint?Plus: Playwright Billy Roche’s The Roach Band had a No 1 hit in ’78 with...?Sun Sept 26 2021 - 06:00
Books in brief: From female trauma to the beauty of birdsongPlus: Myles Dungan on four killings involving ancestors of his extended familySat Sept 25 2021 - 00:00
Dromineer Literary Festival; UL poet in residence; Waterford Writers WeekendA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest book newsThu Sept 23 2021 - 14:58
The Books Quiz: Who wrote the essays that became Sex and the City?Plus: When was Confessions of an English Opium-Eater first published?Sun Sept 19 2021 - 06:00
Border Literatures; Red Line Book Festival; Novel Fair 2022; Eigse Michael HartnettA preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Sept 16 2021 - 11:15
Love Sally Rooney? Then we think you’ll also love these 12 other Irish writersIrish Times critics on Nicole Flattery, Anne Enright, Claire Kilroy, Marian Keyes and moreThu Sept 16 2021 - 06:00
Booker Prize 2021 shortlist announcedRichard Powers and Damon Galgut shortlisted again with debutant Patricia LockwoodTue Sept 14 2021 - 16:10
Books Quiz: Where does the title of Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You come from?Plus: Which Irish writer does not have a statue located in St Stephen’s Green?Sun Sept 12 2021 - 06:00
A chance to see Dublin through each other’s eyes againThey say you can’t go out without spending but Dublin is rich in national treasuresSat Sept 11 2021 - 00:00
Maeve Binchy and Imagine Arts festivals; Vive Jan Carson!; Backlisted in GalwayA round-up of the latest literary news and preview of Saturday's books pagesThu Sept 09 2021 - 09:50
Susanna Clarke wins Women’s Prize for Fiction with PiranesiBritish author wins £30,000 prize with second novel 16 years after her bestselling debutWed Sept 08 2021 - 19:30
Sally Rooney: A profile of the author in 28 articles from the Irish Times archiveThe author’s own words on writing, Jane Austen and Trump, plus interviews and reviewsMon Sept 06 2021 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: Who is the notorious bully in Tom Brown’s School Days?10 questions to test your knowledge of schools and students in literatureSun Sept 05 2021 - 06:00
Looking for a great read? Here are 10 new books we loved in AugustMust-reads from Diarmaid Ferriter, Bernard MacLaverty, Claire-Louise Bennett and moreTue Aug 31 2021 - 06:00
